Last Saturday, November 11 was observed as the 72nd Remembrance Day.
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Some veterans showing their marching skills
As expected, President Nana Akufo-Addo joined ex-Servicemen and the security agencies at the Christiansborg War Cemetery, at Osu in Accra to mark the occasion.
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A section of the top brass of security agencies at the ceremony
One key feature which caught attention was the inclusion of the late Major Maxwell Mahama on a banner made for the occasion.
The late Major Mahama placed in the middle of the banner
The banner which had the late Major Mahama in the middle had veterans like Sergeant Cornelius Francis Adjetey.
President Akufo-Addo on his way to lay a wreath on behalf of government
Sergeant Adjetey and two others, Corporal Patrick Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey, were killed in 1948 by British police officers when attempted to pay protest the non-payment of their benefits as war veterans for the Great Britain.
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Iain Walker also laid a wreath
Their death is regarded as the basis for the 1948 riots which in turn started the processes towards Ghana's eventual independence in 1957.
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Presidential Candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet was also there
They have enjoyed some form of heroic status for their fates and for the late Major Maxwell Mahama to be counted among them, it is heartwarming.
President Akufo-Addo and High Commissioner Walker posed with the veterans
Meanwhile parliament has passed the Major Mahama Trust Fund bill and it is waiting for President Akufo-Addo to assent to.
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